Former Missouri State University linebacker Michael Keck, seen here in a 2009 game, died Monday of complications from a staph infection. He was 25.

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Former Missouri State University football player Michael Keck died Monday at a hospital in Colorado. He was 25.

Keck died of complications from a staph infection, according to MSU coach Terry Allen and multiple reports, at the University of Colorado hospital in Aurora, Colo.

An all-state linebacker and highly rated recruit from Harrisonville, Keck was first a nice prospect for coach Gary Pinkel at the University of Missouri. He redshirted in 2007, and appeared in two games for the Tigers in 2008. ...